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Everything wonderful about West Yellowstone!
West Yellowstone is not just the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Did you know West Yellowstone …
is celebrating its 100-Year Anniversary in 2008. On June 11th, 1908, the first trainload of visitors to Yellowstone National Park arrived at the site of what was to become West Yellowstone.
is an entire gateway community offering full lodging, restaurant, activities, and services thus preserving and protecting parkland.
is the Oregon Short Line Terminus Historic District featuring historic railroad buildings in a two-block area that serviced millions of visitors from all over the world.
has more than 600 miles of groomed snowmobile trails in and around the park and town.
is the training ground for international Nordic and biathlon cross-country skiers.
is the place where a spring “around the block” event refers to a 60-mile bike tour. Or, a fall event that offers a bike ride to Old Faithful and back.
is the only place where anyone can join the actual 4th of July Parade instead of sitting on the sidelines, and later watch the fireworks explode in brilliant colors against a background of dark purple mountains.
is truly a place with something for everyone where you choose from hiking, biking, fly fish, float or boat fish, horseback riding, boating, walking, plays, museums, live animals, cross country skiing, snow shoeing, ice fishing, snowmobiling or just relaxing.
WEST YELLOWSTONE ATTRACTIONS:
Yellowstone Historic Museum Center – learn about transportation,
early visitation and Yellowstone memorabilia (open May through October)
Painted Buffalo Trail – follow the Treasure Trail Map
and locate uniquely hand painted buffalo and calves
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center – view live wolves
and grizzly bears along with interpretive classes and films.
Yellowstone IMAX Theatre – dramatic audio/video productions
on a screen six stories high.
Playmill Theatre – live musicals, comedies and melodramas
(open Memorial through Labor Day)
Hebgen Lake – 13,000 acres of deep blue water for boating, canoeing,
wind surfing, or fishing.
Earthquake Area Visitor Center – located at the site of the 1959
Madison Canyon earthquake (open Memorial through Labor Day)
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS:
Big Sky Ski Resort/Moonlight Basin – 3,812 acres of downhill
skiing, snowboarding and snowshoe trails and the biggest skiing in America
with the new Big Sky – Moonlight Basin interconnect.
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman – see Montana’s
own T-Rex and a nest of dinosaur eggs.
Virginia City & Nevada City – visit an 1860s pioneer
mining town and pan for gold (open May through September)
Lewis and Clark Caverns – most decorated limestone caverns
in the Northwest (open May through September)
Red Rocks Refuge – rare trumpeter seasn habitat amide
a pristine national wildlife refuge (open May through September)
Mesa Falls – two dramatic waterfalls drop 106 and 65
feet along with a great picnic area (open May through September)
YEAR-ROUND FUN FOR EVERYONE:
January - Spam Cup races
February - Rendezvous Ski Races, West Yellowstone Youth Expo
March - World Snowmobile Expo
April - Early admission to Yellowstone for bicycles only
May - Spring “around the block” cycle tour, spring arrives
in Yellowstone
June - “Yellowstone Days” featuring Train Day, Painted Buffalo,
parades and art shows.
July- 4th of July Celebration, parades, and fireworks galore and Wild
West Rodeo.
August - The annual Yellowstone Rod Run, Smoking Waters Rendezvous.
September - Pineneedle Stampede foot race, Knothead Jamboree square
dancing.
October - Old Faithful Fall Cycle Tour, elk bugling in Yellowstone
November - Yellowstone Fall Ski Clinic and SuperTour Ski Races
December - Christmas Stroll, Spam Cup Race, Christmas Bird Count and
Christmas for the
Critters.
For more information, please see our “Calendar of Events.”
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